Work & such

I started work on 3rd of September. Hard, but coping well. Thanks to Lee Woei Guang who has been a good teacher since. I was posted to one of the satellite pharmacy. My first oncall was at inpatient pharmacy. And thank God I didn't got any call during standby.

The HIS system is somehow not smart enough but better than Quest3, I guess. LOL.

Danish is unwell for these 2 weeks. Fever on and off, flu, coughing and parenteral diarrhoea on and off. The virus just won't go away. Luckily, it's just him. Sofea was not affected, only runny nose once in a while. Started to think that something else has infected him. Could it be UTI? Sigh.

Last weekend of the month I shall be on methadone call both Saturday and Sunday. Hate it that I had to work on holiday but work is work, it's my responsibility too, no?

It's been raining almost everyday in Temerloh. I had loads of dirty laundry to take care of but the weather just not co-operative enough. I don't blame the weather though. Hehe

Went to ex-colleagues' open house last weekend and the weekend before that. It was fun catching up with friends. seeing familiar faces, talking to familiar voices. I find it hard to get close to everyone here in HoSHAS..probably they're all new to me, not so many from my batch neither same age and slightly taking different 'language'. Trying to adapt, definitely.

Dream a little dream

At 15 months, baby Danish still wakes up through the night. It was hard training him to sleep by himself especially with the tears and screams. So i gave up. I still let him use me as pacifier but only once, right before his bedtime. If he wakes up at night, i just pat his bum and/or sing to him.

Now at 17 months I feel less tired attending him since he wakes up less through the night. Sofea, on the other hand, does not have a specific nursing time. Sometimes she can fall asleep all by herself. But lately she seems uncomfortable in her sleeps. Probably due to colic or something. She would sleep well only if u hold her or put her on her tummy.

Being away for a week during raya kind of ruined the trained habit. Mommy and daddy sleeps late and so does the kids. Some night they even go to bed at 1 am. Nap time, well, i can say it is all haywire now. Hihi.

With work being 5 days away, I am a little worry on how to cope. At the moment I often sleeps after Subuh, accompanying the kids cos I think they easily wakes up when I'm not in bed with them. So I have no problem dealing with sleepless nights.

There is more to my worry. Being at home 24/7 for the past 115 days, I might have spoiled the babies. They nap while nursing, they woke up late and i direct feed them most of the time. I wonder how they will be once I sent them away.

Hopefully they both will be fine.

Dreams. Does your babies talk in their sleep? Mine does. Not Sofea of course, she cant talk yet. It's Danish. Last night he keeps saying mama (with his own unique intonation). Sometimes his hand is waved in the air as if he is cooking (he has an obsession with pots and pans, cooking to be more precised). This is quite often. The other night he did the 'haa haa tak tau' finger moving like. Funnily cute isnt it?

Aidilfitri 1433H

Eid Mubarak, everyone! This year I'm celebrating the first of Syawal at my in laws'. We'll be here til Wednesday (4th of Syawal). We head to Melaka in the afternoon. There are some differences in the food served during Aidilfitri where prawn sambal would be served with ketupat nasi. I never had prawn sambal back in Perak for raya dishes. Of course, lemang, ketupat and rendang will always be there.

Last year we celebrate first Syawal in Kuching. We don't actually have turns, I guess. After all, it has only been 3 raya together. I would have gone back to Kuching but I think it's too much hassle especially taking both babies on the plane. Definitely we cannot sit together since maximum number of passenger per rows is 4. Last year I had to change place because there was another lady with her kid sitting next to me.

I enjoyed my raya, wherever it is celebrated, be it abroad or at home, as long as the loved ones are around.

Ramadhan Kareem

Ramadhan almost comes to the end. Syawal awaits.
Will we be able to meet again? Insya-Allah.

Picture was taken before Tarawikh prayer in Ramadhan 1433H at home Sg Buloh

This whole Ramadhan I perform Tarawikh prayer at home. I would let Danish play and walk around while praying where as Sofea will be lied down on the sofa or in her carseat. Wherever that I can see her. I know that it is not easy but letting your kids watch you pray will somehow encourage them to pray too. I do hope that this little family of mine will pray together as many times possible in the future, that my Danish and Sofea Hanaa will join my husband and me. Well, it's my job to make sure they do, right? :)

Post Birthday Dinner

Oh how I love salmon. Another salmon dish for iftar this year. Even the little boy was served with salmon today.

Grilled salmon, garlic fried mushroom, capsicum, boiled carrot and homemade chips

Danish having his macaroni, grilled salmon and boiled carrots

Dessert

Pre - raya photo

Today, after bathing the kids, I decided to do pre-raya photo. Plus, I actually wanted to let Sofea Hanaa get used to wearing baju kurung hoping that she will be okay with it on the Eid itself.

 My first son, Ahmad Danish Rifqi

 

My daughter, Sofea Hanaa Lin

 

My babies <3

Baju Raya

Eid is just a week away. So last weekend was being used for preparation. Drove down to Jalan TAR with the 2 kids was very tiring tapi dapat la tandem stroller, baju melayu for Shahid, my baju and Sofea Hanaa's. Unfortunately do baju melayu for Danish. Baju melayu warna merah for 1 y.o dah habis.

Carik jugak dekat The Store tapi habis jugak. Carik dekat Temerloh pun tak dapat. Susahnya la nak carik warna merah. Hihi.

I drove to Sg Buloh with the kids yesterday since ncik hubby was oncalled. Semalam cari lagi dekat Giant and Carrefour tapi tak dapat juga. Habis habis habis. So hari ni pegi Jusco One Utama. Alhamdulillah, one pair left..and that's for 2 y.o. Tak kira, Beli jugak. And then I need to fix it myself la kan.

3 pm tadi baru drive balik Temerloh. Penat dan ngantuk. Thanks to ncik hubby, hari ni iftar kat Star Mall je. No need to cook. Yeahooo!